Contemporary Couples Counseling Expert, Terry Klee, Blog

Several weeks back, an MTV Editor phoned me. The summer’s blockbuster movie Avengers: Age of Ultron was about to rev up theaters, and Wickman from MTV wondered how the Black Widow and the Hulk might do as a couple. Would I mind answering a few questions along these lines,...

When you watch the New York Times performance of Kate Soper & Erin Lessor, you want to turn it off. Why? Because it is that good. It is that uncomfortable. It re-enacts in art what most couples’ fights feel like, at least the all-time awful ones. It’s no comfy...

Hear that? A party in your brain’s basement, and insight lets loose there. Only, we’ve all but shut it down. Here’s how it looks in couples counseling: to forgive or not, to divorce or not, to keep on with IVF or not, to take a new job or not, to speak up or not. We think...

Since “To Fall In Love with Anyone, Do This” went viral, I looked into the usefulness and legitimacy of it’s “36 Questions.” Having been conducted by Drs. Arthur and Elaine Aron, the research behind the questions is well respected and thorough. The...

My clients know I’m good for a comment about how our brains work, how it impacts our relationships’ dynamics. Our heads are our air traffic control towers. Our eyes are the lookout windows. Our personalities are out on the run way: landing, taking off, idling, or...

Emerson was to rescue me from the Twitter scrublands. Instead, he opened his own Twitter account and posted his profile as @RalphBeReal. Ralph Waldo Emerson is considered a forefather of modern psychology. When I read his work, I understand why: he was in pursuit of one’s...

Cake is great therapy. Cookies are, too. Besides, it’s the holiday season, right? Okay, sorta. But, there is some entertaining, respected research. Of course, before you go and eat a whole cake while laying back to watch t.v.’s Top Chef, Iron Chef, and all the rest,...

Cuddle Schmuddle. I’ve got things to do. That’s right. From time to time, maybe you’ve privately thought: “I’m way too busy and way too stressed to help others any more than I already do. And, besides, I hate feeling so stressed to begin with.” Hating On Stress?...

As a couples counselor in general and scholar whose work specifically takes on the surprising facts of so-called childlessness, I’d like to share an op-ed by Dr. Eli J. Finkel, a new parent. He is also a professor of psychology and of management and organizations at...